The official stated on the second day that Serum Institute’s Covishield shall be administered as Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is yet to be dispatched to the centres.
Telangana obtained 20,000 doses of the Covaxin as in opposition to 3.64 lakh of Covishied.
“Today (Monday) vaccination programme shall be achieved in 324 session sites. Each web site will administer 50 individuals. Only Covishield shall be given as Covaxin is yet to attain the sites,” the official informed PTI.
The official additional stated Covaxin has not been used because the state obtained fewer portions.
The COVID-19 vaccine was efficiently rolled out in Telangana on Saturday with about 4,000 healthcare personnel receiving the primary dose.
State Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao had stated the vaccination programme was began at 140 sites out of the 1,213 places in the state.
While vaccination has been focused to be given to 4,296 on January 16, it was administered to 3,962 individuals, official sources stated.
Described because the world’s largest inoculation drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India’s COVID-19 vaccination programme and asserted that the made-in- India vaccines being rolled out will guarantee a “decisive victory” for the nation over the coronavirus pandemic.
